Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , if you put it that way … ’ the porter said with a nervous chuckle . |
| 2 | ‘ Send them back where they came from , ’ the porter said to no one in particular , following it with an obscenity . |
| 3 | As the porter said , the corpses might have been lying there for days , even weeks . |
| 4 | The porter says : ‘ Be on your way . |
| 5 | But the defence said the accident would n't have happened if Gloucestershire 's Robin Phelps had checked the locking pins before trying to move the gangry on . |
| 6 | The prosecution says it belonged to Westmore James , the defence say it could have been owned by Ian Barnes and Westmore James had been acting inself defence . |
| 7 | The Premier said nothing publicly . |
| 8 | The occasion was the annual dinner of the Corporation of London 's planning and Communication Committee at the Mansion House , when Charles seized the opportunity to say a few words about the plans for the redevelopment of Paternoster Square . |
| 9 | He felt a great deal of anger towards his wife and really wanted to express it to her but she had cheated him , as he saw it , by deliberately having an accident and dying and therefore depriving him of having the opportunity to say what he felt . |
| 10 | This would give her the opportunity to say something in time for the next morning 's American newspapers . |
| 11 | I did n't think we would have the opportunity to say things — we all got a chance to speak . |
| 12 | ‘ Absolutely , ’ said Jean , whose lips and fingers tingled slightly at the opportunity to say as much . |
| 13 | In order to make sparing use of parliamentary time , the role of Parliament is restricted to being offered the opportunity to say ‘ yea ’ or ‘ nay ’ to ‘ proposals ’ emanating from a delegate . |
| 14 | They did n't even offer me the opportunity to say what I wanted to do . |
| 15 | Yoshida also took the opportunity to say that while , of course , the decision must rest with the Allies , the Japanese felt that an early Peace Treaty was most desirable . |
| 16 | Wood Group Haven took the opportunity to say farewell to one of Sony 's employees . |
| 17 | In a joint programme organised by Edinburgh District Council and Lothian Regional Council , older people living in Edinburgh will have the opportunity to say what improvements they would like made to local services . |
| 18 | ‘ Everyone living or working in the area will not only have the opportunity to say what improvements they want but will also be able to participate in planning discussions ’ . |
| 19 | Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received . |
| 20 | Erm , may I take the opportunity to say that cross border is a bit of a misnomer , erm , it 's , the correct term is really doing work for other bodies . |
| 21 | Gasping with surprise at the suddenness of his action , she did n't have the opportunity to say anything when — just as in Bloomingdales — he possessed her lips in a firm and determined kiss . |
| 22 | The herdsman beat a tactful retreat to the end of the cowshed and then I took the opportunity to say what I thought . |
| 23 | He was cleared by the Bow Street stipendiary magistrate in January last year because he was not given the opportunity to say whether he would prefer to give a urine or blood sample when Vine Street police found the intoximeter did not function properly . |
| 24 | Well , he certainly gave the father the opportunity to say , I told you so . |
| 25 | However , of the 34 trade and consumer bodies and enforcement authorities which responded to the House of Commons Select Committee , the majority said the differences between PGI and PDO categories were ‘ too ill-defined to be readily discernible and , moreover , failed to offer other benefits . ’ |
| 26 | Of those whose ideal holiday differs from the kind they usually take , the majority said they would like to go further afield , for example , to Australia , the Far East , Asia or the US for four to six weeks . |
| 27 | Out of approximately one hundred prospective overseas students I spoke with , the majority said they had little intention of returning to China unless conditions improved in all aspects of life in the near future , but they were vague about what they would do overseas once their initial period of advanced education was complete . |
| 28 | Instead the majority said it was because there were simply not enough people in the family to increase their agricultural production . |
| 29 | The majority say it is the fault of a Weak Government which could not run a Whelk Stall . |
| 30 | Twenty-two out of these 29 said they would prefer the sufferer to be in institutional care ; the remainder said they would like increased care at home . |